Species richness varies by orders of magnitude across the globe and so does the richness of endangered species. We are interested in both the macroecological processes causing richness patterns, and the socioeconomic processes determining where biodiversity is threatened.
To better understand avian species richness and abundance, Elena Razenkova is developing Dynamic Habitat Indices from Landsat data.
David Gudex-Cross and Likai Zhu are developing new satellite-based indices of snow and frozen ground dynamics for winter biodiversity assessments and other conservation applications.
